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dporto, I don't know where you got that fictionalized video. That's not even close to reality. For one thing, they say "Porsh". Jeez.
When I was going to Stuttgart for the Navy back in 2003 and 2004, I snuck out several times to go visit the Porsche Werks in Zuffenhausen and its pitifully small (at the time) "museum". It wasn't real fancy, to say the least, but since not many people came to visit, the place was pretty well open to the public - not much security at all.
I dug out some of my old pics from back then, and thought I'd post a few. Here's a couple of shots from the main assembly building:
Obviously, this first picture ^ is from the Boxste' assembly line.
As mentioned in one of the earlier posts, the RMS and IMS bearing shops were in a separate building:
And then here's one of the 996 production line workers (because, after all, this IS the 996 forum):
No one has actually answered "how long does it take". But here's my guess. If you don't count the time to build the engines/transmissions and other sub-assemblies - which are built elsewhere, I'd say 4 days elapsed time - from the time the first robots start welding the unibody - to the time the finished car exits the end of the assembly line.
Per the video, daily production was 40 Boxsters and 110 911's on the same line. If they were running two shifts, that's 150 cars are being assembled every 16 hours, so a finished car needs to roll out the door every 6.4 minutes.
Assuming each car is at each of the 117 assembly stations for 6.4 minutes (in reality it would be a little less to allow for time in transit between stations), each car would require 748 minutes to get from the beginning of the line to the end.
It takes about 12 hours, 30 minutes to assemble a 911 (or Boxster).
I took the factory tour in zuffenhausen - they didn't laet us in the body and paint shop - so not sure how long it takes to stamp the steel and apply all the different layers of paint - but the painted shells are made across the street from final assembly line and conveyered over a bridge. Engine is also separate assembly line - partly robotic - they build not just the 911 engineers there but some of the v8,s as well. Final assembly line had about 200 stations - where the different parts are attached - wheels, glass, seats, etc etc - so the car flows down the line - as someone said output is about 200 a day - so the final car is done in about a day - with a few minutes typical at each station - some completed robotic (like winshield attachment) and some mostly by hand with computerized screw drivers to make sure all the nuts are on and torqued right - quite impressive
dporto, I don't know where you got that fictionalized video. That's not even close to reality. For one thing, they say "Porsh". Jeez.
When I was going to Stuttgart for the Navy back in 2003 and 2004, I snuck out several times to go visit the Porsche Werks in Zuffenhausen and its pitifully small (at the time) "museum". It wasn't real fancy, to say the least, but since not many people came to visit, the place was pretty well open to the public - not much security at all.
I dug out some of my old pics from back then, and thought I'd post a few. Here's a couple of shots from the main assembly building:
Obviously, this first picture ^ is from the Boxste' assembly line.
As mentioned in one of the earlier posts, the RMS and IMS bearing shops were in a separate building:
And then here's one of the 996 production line workers (because, after all, this IS the 996 forum):
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